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Philosophy for beginners /
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TextSeries: Writers and Readers documentary comic bookPublication details: New York. Writers and Readers Publishing, Incorporated. ©1992Description: 184 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 23 cmISBN: - .
- 086316157X
- 9780863161575
- B53 .O82 1992
Contents:
Summary: Why does philosophy give some people a headache, others a real buzz, and yet others a feeling that it is subversive and dangerous? Why do a lot of people think philosophy is totally irrelevant? What is philosophy anyway? The ABCs of philosophy - easy to understand but never simplistic. Beginning with basic questions posed by the ancient Greeks - "What is the world made of?" "What is man?" "What is knowledge?" "What is good and evil?"--This guide traces the development of these questions as the key to understanding how western philosophy developed over the last 2,500 years
What is philosophy? -- Greece -- Rome -- Early Christianity -- Medieval religious philosophy -- The Renaissance -- Reformation and Counter Reformation -- Enlightenment -- Idealism -- Romantic reaction -- Materialism -- Sui generis -- Utilitarianism -- Positivism -- Eclecticism -- American philosophy -- The irrational -- Logic -- Language -- Phenomenology and existentialism -- Marxists -- Linguistics, semiology, structuralism
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-184) and index
What is philosophy? -- Greece -- Rome -- Early Christianity -- Medieval religious philosophy -- The Renaissance -- Reformation and Counter Reformation -- Enlightenment -- Idealism -- Romantic reaction -- Materialism -- Sui generis -- Utilitarianism -- Positivism -- Eclecticism -- American philosophy -- The irrational -- Logic -- Language -- Phenomenology and existentialism -- Marxists -- Linguistics, semiology, structuralism
Why does philosophy give some people a headache, others a real buzz, and yet others a feeling that it is subversive and dangerous? Why do a lot of people think philosophy is totally irrelevant? What is philosophy anyway? The ABCs of philosophy - easy to understand but never simplistic. Beginning with basic questions posed by the ancient Greeks - "What is the world made of?" "What is man?" "What is knowledge?" "What is good and evil?"--This guide traces the development of these questions as the key to understanding how western philosophy developed over the last 2,500 years
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